A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Plethodontidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Desmognathus intermedius (Pope, 1928) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus kanawha Pyron & Beamer, 2022 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus lycos Pyron & Beamer, 2023 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shovel-nosed SalamanderDesmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus mavrokoilius Pyron & Beamer, 2022 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seal SalamanderDesmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allegheny Mountain Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ocoee SalamanderDesmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Pygmy SalamanderDesmognathus organi Crespi, Browne & Rissler, 2010 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus perlapsus Neill, 1950 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed SalamanderDesmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Santeetlah Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus tilleyi Pyron & Beamer, 2023 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Valentine's Southern Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus valentinei Means, Lamb & Bernardo, 2017 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desmognathus valtos Pyron & Beamer, 2022 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Mountain SalamanderDesmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy SalamanderDesmognathus wrighti King, 1936 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| EnsatinaEnsatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-backed SalamanderEurycea aquatica Rose & Bush, 1963 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Two-lined SalamanderEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurycea braggi (Smith, 1968) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chamberlain's Dwarf SalamanderEurycea chamberlaini Harrison & Guttman, 2003 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salado SalamanderEurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Two-lined SalamanderEurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Three-lined SalamanderEurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hillis's Dwarf SalamanderEurycea hillisi Wray, Means & Steppan, 2017 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Junaluska SalamanderEurycea junaluska Sever, Dundee & Sullivan, 1976 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cascade Caverns SalamanderEurycea latitans Smith & Potter, 1946 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed SalamanderEurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cave SalamanderEurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurycea melanopleura (Cope, 1894) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Many-ribbed SalamanderEurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| San Marcos SalamanderEurycea nana Bishop, 1941 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Georgetown SalamanderEurycea naufragia Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Texas SalamanderEurycea neotenes Bishop & Wright, 1937 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurycea nerea (Bishop, 1944) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Dwarf SalamanderEurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fern Bank SalamanderEurycea pterophila Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf SalamanderEurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook, 1842) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Texas Blind SalamanderEurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blanco Blind SalamanderEurycea robusta (Longley, 1978) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barton Springs SalamanderEurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price & Hillis, 1993 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grotto SalamanderEurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bog Dwarf SalamanderEurycea sphagnicola Wray, Means & Steppan, 2017 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ouachita Streambed SalamanderEurycea subfluvicola Steffen, Irwin, Blair & Bonett, 2014 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jollyville Plateau SalamanderEurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Valdina Farms SalamanderEurycea troglodytes Baker, 1957 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oklahoma SalamanderEurycea tynerensis Moore & Hughes, 1939 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Georgia Blind SalamanderEurycea wallacei (Carr, 1939) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Austin Blind SalamanderEurycea waterlooensis Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox & Chippindale, 2001 | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.